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DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
IN ARTS AND MANUFACTURES,
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No. XIII.

General Correspondence. Critical Misrepresentation. Antoni

Venezianu. On the imitative Principle as an Instrument in

Education. Account of the Gulph and Territory of Cataro

(concluded). Synonymic Elucidations (continued). Remark-

able Catastrophe by Lightning. Curious Particulars respecting

the first Appearance and Dissemination of "Heresy" in Ger-

many. The Word Mordible. Etymological Explanation of a

Passage in Homer., Account of a District in North Wales..

Sketch of the University of Glasgow. Mistake corrected.—

Classical Disquisitions. On the Cyclic, and other ancient Epic-

Writers. Observations on, and Selections from, the Greek An-

thology.-Accounts of, and Extracts from, Rare and Curious

Books. The Discourses of Sadi.-Memoirs of Distinguished

Persons. Memoir of the Abbé de Choisy.-Original Poetry.

Literary and Miscellaneous Information. Some Account of the

Sale of the late Mr. Reed's Books. Monthly List of New Pub-

lications. Meteorological Register. Discoveries and' Improve-

ments in Arts and Manufactures.-Obituary of Distinguished

Persons. Mr. John Walker.-Domestic Occurrences. Foreign

Occurrences. Retrcspect of Public Affairs. Commercial Re-

port. Prices Current. Course of Exchange. Prices of Bul-

tion. Price of Stocks. Premiums of Insurance

Reports. Prices of Grain. To Correspondents.

Agricultural:

No. XIV.

General Correspondence. On the Antiquities of Cleves, &c.

Travels through the Country of the Anglo-Saxons, during the

Years 1805-6-7. Miscellaneous Corrections. Temple of Me-

mory. Errors corrected. On the Nations of Russia (conti-

nued).